Improvement in cabinet wash-stands



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NILES H. THOMPSON, OF ALBION, MICHIGAN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,337, dated January 2, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NILES H. THOMPSON, ot the town of Albion, county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Cabinet Wash-Stand; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in which like parts are indicated by like letters in the several figures.

The nature of my invention consists in combining with the Wash-stand A A A A, Fig. 1, the upper compartment B B B B, Fig. 1, so as to give to the whole greater beauty and utility.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction.

Figure l is a view of the front and one side of 1n y cabinet (the opposite side corresponding to the one shown) when closed. Fig. 2 is a corresponding View when the upper compartment B B B B is open.

Fig. '1: A A A A is a stand. a a are doors. b is a knob. c c c c are hinges. So far my cabinet does not dier from the ordinary stands now in use. Above this stand is placed the compartment B B B B. a. a a" a are doors. b is a knob. c' c c c c" c" are hinges. The

doors a a are fastened to the doors a" a by the hinges c c c c'. The doors c a" are fastened to the back of the cabinet bythe hinges c c c c. `(See Fig. 2.) The cabinet is so conl strncted that the doors a a. may be turned outward and backward against the doors a" a, and the doors a a (with the doors a" a) may be turned outward and backward so as to form a right line with the back ofthe cabinet, the doors a a being then behind the doors a a, as shown in Fig. 2. l

Fig. 2: Fig. 2 shows the compartment B B B B when open. B is the back. B is the top and cornice. d is a mirror. e c e e e e are shelves. f is a box. g g are towel-racks. h h are braces.

Havingthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by `Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination of the stand A B, back B', top and cornice B", and doors a. a, with mirror d, shelves e, box f, racks g, and braces h,

as and for the purpose specified.

Washington, D. C., December 4, 1871. y

NILES H. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

Crus. W. BEADEUEY, GEO. W. GooDHUE. (62) 

